Green Door, Santa Maria della Salute
The following text appears in the entry for this work in: Stephanie L. Herdrich and H. Barbara Weinberg, "American Drawings and Watercolors in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Singer Sargent," New York, 2000. For references to sources and illustrations mentioned in this text, see that catalogue:
About 1904 Sargent painted a series of images of the grand Baroque church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice. The best-known works in this series (for example, "Santa Maria della Salute," 1904, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, and "Santa Maria della Salute," 1906, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska) are characterized by careful, often measured, recording of architectural details from a low vantage point and dramatic croppings that emphasize the building's monumentality. In 50.130.76, however, Sargent employs a stenographic technique to depict the main portal of the church so that the site is identifiable, in spite of the fluid and broad application of paint. This apparently impromptu sketch typifies the free and experimental works left in Sargent's studio after his death, many of which were included in the Ormond gift to the Metropolitan.
Katharine Baetjer (curator, Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art) identified the site.
About 1904 Sargent painted a series of images of the grand Baroque church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice. The best-known works in this series (for example, "Santa Maria della Salute," 1904, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, and "Santa Maria della Salute," 1906, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska) are characterized by careful, often measured, recording of architectural details from a low vantage point and dramatic croppings that emphasize the building's monumentality. In 50.130.76, however, Sargent employs a stenographic technique to depict the main portal of the church so that the site is identifiable, in spite of the fluid and broad application of paint. This apparently impromptu sketch typifies the free and experimental works left in Sargent's studio after his death, many of which were included in the Ormond gift to the Metropolitan.
Katharine Baetjer (curator, Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art) identified the site.
Artwork Details
- Title:Green Door, Santa Maria della Salute
- Artist:John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
- Date:ca. 1904
- Culture:American
- Medium:Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and wax crayon on white wove paper
- Dimensions:20 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. (53 x 35.9 cm)
- Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
- Object Number:50.130.76
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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